Quantitative Finance

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Overview

The Mas­ter Quant­it­at­ive Fin­ance will provide you with an ex­cel­lent aca­demic and prac­tical edu­ca­tion to be­come an ex­pert in fin­an­cial meth­od­o­logy. It is your ideal start­ing point for a fu­ture ca­reer in today’s chal­len­ging and dy­namic fin­an­cial mar­kets.

The well-bal­anced cur­riculum builds strong quant­it­at­ive skills com­bined with a solid know­ledge base of the un­derly­ing the­ory of fin­ance. Stu­dents ac­quire the ne­ces­sary know­ledge and skills to use mathem­at­ical mod­els to un­der­stand com­plex fin­an­cial prob­lems.

A spe­cial fo­cus lies on us­ing the soft­ware 'R', an open source im­ple­ment­a­tion of the lan­guage S for data ana­lysis and visu­al­isa­tion. Stu­dents be­ne­fit from the ex­pert­ise of the pro­grams' fac­ulty, which is strongly in­volved in the in­ter­na­tional devel­op­ment com­munity of R.

2

Tracks

Spe­cial­ize in Science or In­dustry

The Science Track pre­pares stu­dents for an aca­demic ca­reer in the field of fin­ance, while the In­dustry Track fo­cuses on a ca­reer as quants (ana­lysts) in the fin­ance in­dustry, com­bin­ing fin­an­cial mod­els with com­pu­ta­tional skills. You can spe­cial­ize in the second year of your stud­ies and build up a strong aca­demic net­works and links to the fin­ance in­dustry.

#22

QS World University Ranking

QFIN a top ranked Mas­ter Pro­gram

In 2017 the Mas­ter in Quant­it­at­ive Fin­ance was ranked #22 out of 130 in­ter­na­tional fin­ance pro­grams ac­cord­ing to QS World Uni­versity Rank­ing. This achieve­ment places our Mas­ter pro­gram among the top lead­ers and in front of other in­ter­na­tion­ally renowned in­sti­tu­tions like the New York Uni­versity (Stern) (#23) and the Uni­versity of St. Gal­len (#25).

80%

International Students

A truly in­ter­na­tional pro­gram

The Mas­ter Quant­it­at­ive Fin­ance at­tracts stu­dents from over 25 coun­tries around the world which gives you the chance to ex­per­i­ence a unique edu­ca­tional cul­ture. The courses of the pro­gram have an in­ter­na­tional ori­ent­a­tion and provide all the ne­ces­sary know­ledge and skills to start an in­ter­na­tional ca­reer.

40%

percentage of women

High per­cent­age of wo­men

In aver­age, the per­cent­age of wo­men in the pro­gram is above 40.

90%

hiring rate

An ex­clus­ive, high-qual­ity post-­gradu­ate edu­ca­tion

More than 90% of our gradu­ates are hired within the first 6 month.

“Throughout the pro­gram, a well-bal­anced cur­riculum builds strong quant­it­at­ive skills coupled with a solid know­ledge base of the un­derly­ing the­ory in fin­ance.”

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Why WU?

WU is one of the largest and most mod­ern busi­ness and eco­nom­ics uni­versit­ies in Europe. Vari­ous in­ter­na­tional ac­cred­it­a­tions testify to WU’s high qual­ity stand­ards in re­search and teach­ing. What are your ad­vant­ages as a WU stu­dent?